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I'm Katje van Loon. I'm a writer, an author, a poet, and a menace to society. I am also an activist, a feminist, a geek, a knitter/crocheter, and many other things. I wear a host of hats. I've been blogging off and on (mostly on) since 2004. One of my first blog iterations was The Canadian Pagan, and I used to go by Jagged on Blogdrive.

This blog, Amoeba Kat Musings, has existed in many different forms and permutations since 2008. It's always been my writer-blog (ie, where I blog as Katje van Loon, Writer), but as time has gone on what I want to blog about as a writer has evolved. It's still evolving.

What you will find here, likely: posts on feminism and dismantling the kyriarchy. Politics. Fat acceptance. Pictures of my dog. Posts about my husband-type-person. Poetry. Me geeking out. Knitting. Occasionally, book reviews. And much, much more.

I try to be diligent about trigger warnings, but I don't put everything behind a cut. Read with caution.

(I do put spoilers behind cuts.)

On a side note, I am also an Ambassador for Barefoot Books, along with my mom. Barefoot Books supplies high-quality children's books via its ambassadors and online shop. I have been a collector of children's books for many years, and I'm excited to grow my collection with the help of Barefoot (and to help others grow their collections, too).

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Yes, I do get days off.

I was going to work today, but I had a migraine for several hours. It’s gone now, but now it’s time to go to sleep, because I have to get up at 6 to walk to school tomorrow.

Yes, walk. My loan will be in next week (fingers crossed) and then I can get a bus pass, but until then — I walk.

I walk with my computer, so that in the 2.5 hour break between classes I can work. Or possibly do the reading that should be done by 1 for my seminar class, but we both know that’s not going to happen.

I am hoping that when I am done with class tomorrow I will a) finish my revisions of Part 2 of Bellica (the cover is done, by the way, see below, and there is a giveaway on GoodReads listed) and b) get some publishing work done. Also, get homework for Friday done. Which is a creative journal.

I suppose I could just print off this blog entry, but I don’t think it would count.

If I can finish Part 2 of Bellica tomorrow I can send it off to my editor, who should shortly be finished with Part 1. Then I finish Part 3 by Saturday, get Part 1 back, and start layout work.

I can’t believe October is almost over. What the hells happened to this fall? Winter’s almost here.

I have no plans for Samhain. I cannot think that far ahead at this point.